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Downtown Plan Needed For Future Growth, Chester Smolski
Downtown Plan Needed For Future Growth, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"It appears that the Providence downtown is finally turning the corner. A proposal to beautify the entrance into the city center from Route 95 with trees, flags, parks, art work and new illumination has been submitted to the Providence Redevelopment Authority. This turn to aesthetics, coming on the heels of considerable physical improvement of roads and buildings accomplished and in progress, is an indication that downtown interests recognize the lack of an attractive city 'gateway' and want to do something about it. This is decidedly a praiseworthy action on the part of the private sector."
Housing Program That Suffers From Too Much Success, Chester Smolski
Housing Program That Suffers From Too Much Success, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"One of the strengths of this country lies in the large number of people who own and occupy their own homes. In 1970, 63 percent of Americans were classed as owner-occupiers (in Rhode Island the figure was 58 percent), and that number has grown to approximately 65 percent today."